Window screen



E. KOHLMEIER WINDQW, SCREEN July 1, 1930.

Filed Dec. 12, 1927 Patented July 1, 1930 EMMA KOHLMEIER,

or MAN'IrowoawmcoNsm, nssrenon or ONE-HALF TO'ELMER I 'KOELMEIER,"0FMama'owoo, WISCONSIN wmnow soannn Application filed Decem er 1 ,1927,Serial No. 239,463.

This invention relates to window screens. Objects of this. invention areto provide a novel form of window screen which is adapteol'to be placedinva window and contact with the sash, and which is so constructed thatthe draft through the screen maybe regulated to suit any condition, suchas those found" in hospitals, places, for instance.

Further objectsof this invention are to proyide afwindow screen whichhas slidlng glass panels which may be arranged in overhomes, or other ilapping relation, if desired, or which, may

be slid as required to direct the draft wherever needed, and which alsomay he slid outwardly to the ends of the'screen to pro v tect thecurtains from dust and from damage against'the screens.

7 An embodiment-of the invention is shown r in the accompanying drawingsin which:

Figure l is a view of a window with parts broken away showing the screenin place;

' Figure 2 isa sectional View on the line 2-2 of'Figure. l; I 'Figure 3is a sectional view on the hue 3-3 of Figure 2; v

a Figure a is an enlarged sectional detail showing a modified form.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen 1 that the screen comprises aframeworkhaw ing an upper and lower memberindicated by the referencecharacters 1 and 2,;and hav ing side members 3.' A screen lis stretchedacross thisframework and is secured in any we suitable manner. Forinstance, the screen handles or projections 11 cemented thereto" orotherwise secured.

It is to be notedthat the slots and 8, as

shown in Figure 2, may be for a. predeter-.

may be carried by the auxiliary strips 5 and,

Prefer mined distance, so-that the two panes 9 and.

1O may be slid into overlapping relation at the center of the window tooffer the mini- I mum obstructlon to the am Further, it is to be notedthat the panels 'may be slid to the ends'of the screen to thus protectthe curtain against damage from dust and from striking against thescreen.

It will be seen further that the device may be very readily positionedwithin a window andthereafterthe sash may he slipped down to hold it inplace.

It is to be noted that in placev ofehaving a the slots 7 p and 8 formedin thebody of the screen frame, that these slots may be formed,

as shown in Figure 4: by afolded sheet metal guide 12. This sheet metalguide is folded so as to provide slots 7 and 8, and is attached to thebody of the main frame, in any suitable manner, as by means of thescrews It will beseenthata Very simple type of .screen has been providedwhich does not have the disadvantages heretofore experi- Q enced withthe usual types of screens, but which instead is so constructed that thedraft may be regulated and directed to one or the other side or to thecenter of the screen.

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, suchdescription is in-v tended as illustrative rather than limiting as theinvention may be variously embodied and as the scope of-suchinvent ionis to be j I s determined-as cla medp I claim: A window screencomprlslng upper and lower parallel members, side membersconnecting saidupper and lower members, said side members belng formed with verticalgrooves,- said upper and lower members being formed withparallellongitudinal slots, the slots extending inwardly from beneath.

relation, movable panels having their ends arranged'in the slots in theupper and lower members for sliding movement whereby said panels may bearranged at various positions With respect to the upper and lowermembers and the overlapping portion of said slots being equal to theWidth of each slidable panel.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand atManitowoc, in the county ofManitowooand State'of Wis- EMMA KOHLMEIER.

